Design and Research in Architecture
TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION

Doctoral Symposium on Architectural Design and Research
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences, Leibniz Universität Hannover
1/2 April 2011, Hannover, Germany

Short oral presentations are intended to focus on individual doctoral research projects relating to one of four sessions: Design and Aesthetics, Urban Architectures, Design (Hi)stories, Transdisciplinary Studies. The presentations will be discussed by a panel of visiting critics from the fields of architectural theory and practice.

Abstracts (maximum 300 words, German or English) and short CV should be submitted to m.buchert@igt-arch.uni-hannover.de by 31 January 2011.

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Design and Research in Architecture
TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION

Reflexive Design defines a research agenda for architecture that explicitly addresses the growth of knowledge as an intrinsic part of the design process. The realized project often predominant in both architectural discourse and practice obscures the actual relevance of thought in the process of architectural design. This process interactively comprises the continuous growth of implicit and explicit knowledge that precedes and exceeds the single project. This process shapes the attitude that includes styles of thought and approaches to architecture as well as the designers’ personal ideals and values. This process also generates a growing body of knowledge on how to implement ideas and concepts into the design project.

The goal of the symposium is to exchange research ideas, aims, and objectives relating to the combination of architectural design and research within their specific theoretical and projective contexts. Which are the topics and means of inquiry that can enrich architectural design? What are the individual and collective aims involved? How can experimental designs, design series, and projects grow into academic research? How are concept and presentation as well as theoretical groundwork relevant to the research conducted?

Short oral presentations are intended to focus on individual doctoral research projects relating to one of four sessions: Design and Aesthetics, Urban Architectures, Design (Hi)stories, Transdisciplinary Studies. The presentations will be discussed by a panel of visiting critics from the fields of architectural theory and practice.

Abstracts (maximum 300 words, German or English) and short CV should be submitted to m.buchert@igt-arch.uni-hannover.de by 31 January 2011.

The application fee is 30 Euro.

Start: Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:00 | End: Saturday, 2 April 2011, 6:00